Learn sketching basics such as how to quickly generate shapes and forms, using planes, projection methods, line weights, and shade and shadow to bring product designs to life.

Syllabus

Introduction

Welcome
What you should know before watching this course

1. Design Sketching Overview

Exploring why designers sketch
Understanding why speed is critical to design sketching
Understanding the conversational nature of good sketching
Exploring the relationship between sketching and the computer

2. Design Sketching Fundamentals

Sketching is creating the illusion of form in space
Sketching DNA: Points/vertices, lines/curves, and planes/surfaces
Drawing systems overview
The interrelationship (connection) between the systems
Challenge: Sketch 2D geometric shapes and 3D forms
Solution: Sketch 2D geometric shapes and 3D forms

3. Orthographic Projection

What is orthographic projection?
Exploring the nature of flatness in multiview projection
The power and dynamics of projection
Bridging orthographic and perspective: The rotated plan method
Challenge: Sketch a simple 3-view orthographic of a wedge
Solution: Sketch a simple 3-view orthographic of a wedge

4. Perspective Projection: Inside the Box

The DNA of 1-point perspective
The DNA of 2-point perspective
The mechanics of perspective (vantage points)
Sketching inside the box: The scaffolding analogy
Seeing and sketching
Manipulating forms on the fly: Altered or derived cubic forms
Challenge: Quickly sketch a series of basic and altered cubic forms
Solution: Quickly sketch a series of basic and altered cubic forms

5. Perspective Projection: Outside the Box

Minimizing the scaffolding for quicker sketching
The power of centerlines and projection lines (projecting to vertices and center points)
Creating simple curved surfaces
The circle in perspective (the ellipse)
Creating curved surfaces
Creating compound curved surfaces: The CAD analogy
Challenge: Sketch a thermos
Solution: Sketch a thermos

6. Finishing Touches

The power of line: Line weights for differentiation
The workhorses of sketching:
Grounding forms: Suggesting light, shade, and shadow with hatching
Projecting shadows
The power of a frame: Vignettes
Challenge: Sketch an asymmetrical shampoo bottle with hatch lines and a cast shadow
Solution: Sketch an asymmetrical shampoo bottle with hatch lines and a cast shadow

7. Putting It All Together

Sketching form in orthographic 2-view only: Bottle concepts
Transitioning from orthographic to perspective: Sketching the complex form of a Pringle potato chip
Sketching spatial designs in perspective
Exploring form through sketching: Kitchen utensils

Conclusion